A new bill introduced in the Oregon Legislative Assembly aims to prohibit the operation of Class 3 electric-assisted bicycles on sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and
Because they will just single out every apparent ebike rider, which will of course result in people with compliant ebikes (and probably a non-zero number of traditional unpowered bicycles) getting harassed for no good reason.
How would it be harder to police than trying to identify a class 3 ebike?
Because they will just single out every apparent ebike rider, which will of course result in people with compliant ebikes (and probably a non-zero number of traditional unpowered bicycles) getting harassed for no good reason.
Most class 3s look like standard road bikes. Class 2s generally look like mopeds, but if it has a throttle it’s limited to 20mph.